Max Verstappen says he plans to return to the Nurburgring 24 Hours sooner or later after a late reliability subject for his automotive value him an opportunity at successful the enduring race in Germany.
Verstappen and his team-mates Jules Gounon, Dani Juncadella and Lucas Auer had been main the race till a driveshaft downside on their Mercedes-AMG GT3 with three hours and 20 minutes remaining put them out of rivalry.
Juncadella obtained the automotive again to the storage however the workforce wanted nearly the rest of the race to repair the harm brought on by extreme vibrations, so they might full one remaining lap on the finish of the occasion.
The Nurburgring 24 Hours was Verstappen’s huge goal exterior of System 1 this yr as he appears to be like to proceed his exploits exterior of F1, beforehand citing the Le Mans 24 Hours as one other ambition.
“I like the competition and the endurance style racing where you share with team-mates,” mentioned Verstappen.
“The 24-Hour race here… the track is super challenging, so the whole combination [I enjoy].”
Requested if he’ll return to the race subsequent yr, he mentioned: “I will for sure try. It always depends a bit on my schedule.”
The Nurburgring 24 Hours is without doubt one of the greatest endurance races on the planet. This yr, 161 vehicles entered to sort out the 15.769-mile circuit which three-time F1 world champion Jackie Stewart as soon as known as “The Green Hell”.
Twenty-three totally different automotive courses had been in motion and Verstappen’s workforce was racing within the prime class, which function the quickest vehicles – together with a number of Mercedes-AMG GT3, Porsche 911 GT3 R, BMW M4 GT3, Ferrari 296 GT3 and Lamborghini Huracan GT3 vehicles.
Verstappen had performed a pivotal position in getting his automotive into the lead with spectacular daring overtakes in his first stint on Saturday afternoon, earlier than an exciting combat with the sister #80 Mercedes, which went on to win the race, in the course of the evening and into Sunday morning.
Max Verstappen was spectacular throughout his stints on the Nurburgring 24 Hours (Pink Bull Content material Pool)
A number of GT3 drivers, the class Verstappen was racing in, praised the Dutchman for his skill to sift via the visitors.
Verstappen mentioned after his final stint: “My stint was good. Back in the daylight, I was trying to keep it safe while, of course maintaining a decent pace.
“The automotive was working nicely and I simply tried to remain out of bother.”
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